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Samba De Fargo

Hello friends. When the editor from our sister-site PlanetDreamcast came by and asked that I review Samba De Amigo for the Dreamcast, I could hardly contain my pee! Samba De Amigo makes use of maracas for controllers -- yeah, maracas -- so it was time to get down and Mexican. That's right:

See, while all you assclowns were out there desperately waiting in line for a chance to touch the Playstation 2, I was waiting in the checkout with my brand new $80 Dreamcast Maracas controllers. Ha ha! While Sony scrambles desperately to release a PS2 compatible maraca device, the Dreamcast is enjoying a stranglehold on the lucrative maraca videogame market.

But on to the meat of this article. No doubt you're asking yourself how you can become a master of the gourd just like yours truly, Samba De Fargo. In order to be victorious with the maracas, first, you must learn to BE the Maracas. I found that an enormous sombrero was the key.

Secondly, you can't be scared of the monkey. See, Samba De Amigo's mascot is this creepy monkey with a cubic head who dances around with maracas. Fearing the monkey is a natural response. In fact, while I sat awaiting challengers with my wicked dual-maraca setup, GameSpy employees on the whole were simply too terrified to even begin. This brings us to our first Spanish lesson:

("I do not wish to play your maracas game, the monkey is too disturbing.")

As you can see by the photographs, it's important to have what I choose to call the "Mad Rhythm." Also, you must learn to shake what the Spanish call, "Your Groove Thang." Make no mistake about it, Samba De Amigo is an intensely sexual game. Perhaps that's why Bryn, our GameSpy.com news anchor, found it a little disturbing to play it with me. Let's review: